Heterochromatin protein 1 binds transgene arrays

Chromosoma

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 286-292

  Fanti, Laura ^a,b   Dorer, Douglas R ^c   Berloco, Maria ^a   Henikoff, Steven ^d   Pimpinelli, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECT PROTEINS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSGENES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031774956     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050310     Document Type: Article

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